Bahrain Flour Mills Silo
Construction of a 25,000 tonne capacity grain silo at an operational flour mill.
Project Overview
Construction of a 25,000 tonne capacity grain silo adjacent to existing silos and other installations at an operational flour mill.The reinforced in situ concrete structure, measuring 70m high, is founded on 180 bored reinforced concrete piles. The substructure incorporates a 7m deep heavily reinforced watertight concrete basement which services as the grain receiving pit.This was constructed in ground having a high water-table, and close to existing structures and operational mill circulation routes.
From the receiving pit the grain is conveyed into twenty octagonal bins which were constructed using an advanced climbing formwork technology. Day and night shifts were implemented to ensure the high quality of concrete work. The scope of work included the structural steelwork to receive the flour mill equipment supplied by the specialist contractor Buehler, Switzerland.All structural steelwork for the project was supplied, fabricated and erected by GPZ’s specialised Structural Steel Division.
In addition to the civil works, GPZ provided the complete domestic MEP installations, including the main feeder cable, a passenger elevator and a heavy duty mono rail hoist in the silo’s head house. The project was secured in joint venture with Wiemer & Trachte AG, Germany.
Principal Quantities
- Bored Piles: 180 No.
- Structural Concrete: 6,800 m3
- Reinforcement: 1,000 tonnes
- Structural Steelwork: 210 tonnes
